Exodus 14:25

and turns aside the wheels of their chariots, and they lead them with difficulty, and the Egyptians say, “Let us flee from the face of Israel, for YHWH is fighting for them against the Egyptians.”

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In The King James Version

And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

In Context

24and it comes to pass, in the morning watch, that YHWH looks to the camp of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubles the camp of the Egyptians,

26And YHWH says to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sea, and the waters turn back on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen.”

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Cross References

Exodus 15:3YHWH [is] a man of battle; YHWH [is] His Name.

Deuteronomy 3:22do not fear them, for your God YHWH—He is fighting for you.

Judges 4:15And YHWH destroys Sisera, and all the chariots, and all the camp, by the mouth of the sword, before Barak, and Sisera comes down from off the chariot, and flees on his feet.

2 Chronicles 20:29And there is a fear of God on all kingdoms of the lands in their hearing that YHWH has fought with the enemies of Israel,

Nehemiah 9:11And You have cleaved the sea before them, || And they pass over into the midst of the sea on the dry land, || And their pursuers You have cast into the depths, || As a stone, into the strong waters.

Job 20:24He flees from an iron weapon, || A bow of bronze passes through him.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 14:22-31

The Destruction of the Egyptians. ( b. c. 1491.) 21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. 22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. 23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his… Read the whole commentary →

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